Except for check-in, I really enjoyed my stay at Fabian's Oriental Decor condo. (I have documented my check-in problem at length below) The room and the facilities were an excellent value for the $50 price range. The location is great. The BTS (elevated train) station is very close. From the Waterford Diamond Tower condo, walk four minutes, past the car wash and the Philippine embassy, and turn left on Sukhumvit. Walk another four minutes and you will see the stairway leading up to the BTS station. Very convenient. Yes, it's true the building is older and you can routinely see cracks and paint flakings. At night the lobby is dark and looks kind of dingy. None of this bothered me though. The room, at 52 square meters, is big, bright and well furnished. Most rooms in the $50 usd range in this area are going to be around 30 square meters. (In the past two years, I have stayed in eight different places in this area of Bangkok) The room has one large and very comfortable king bed which is near a set of windows with a panoramic view. Really nice! The second "bed" is actually a Thai style "sofa" which has a thin hard mattress on it. It would be far less comfortable to sleep on. The room is well appointed with plenty of dishes and cutlery. If you want to cook, there is a cabinet with a large assortment of spices in it. I heated up some take away meals in the microwave oven. For 35 to 50 baht, I bought pad krapow, and bat me nam (noodle soup) take aways that are available from several sellers on Sukhumvut road as you walk to the BTS station. Very convenient, cheap and delicious. During my three day stay, I encountered several cockroaches. This is fairly common in all but the best of rooms in Bangkok. I couldn't get the TV to work, but I didn't spend much time with it. In my experience, staying in many places in South East Asia, rarely can I get the TVs in airbnb type places to work. There may be several remotes and TV boxes and passwords etc. Frustrating and time consuming. I don't know why the owners don't write out set up instructions. My solution to this problem is to travel with a Roku Streaming Stick. I just plug the Roku Stick into the HDMI port on the TV, input the Wifi password and bingo, I can watch whatever I want, including YouTube and Netflix. Cost is about $50. I use Roku at home too, and I like it much better than the Apple TV box I used previously. This is a very hot tip for travelers. If you get your exercise swimming laps like I do, I am happy to report that this condo has two pools and both of them are large enough for swimming laps. The one on the 34 the floor is smaller and covered, which makes the...